Percutaneous Revascularization for Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

REVIVED-BCIS2 Investigators, Divaka Perera, Tim Clayton, Peter D O'Kane, John P Greenwood, Roshan Weerackody, Matthew Ryan, Holly P Morgan, Matthew Dodd, Richard Evans, Ruth Canter, Sophie Arnold, Lana J Dixon, Richard J Edwards, Kalpa De Silva, James C Spratt, Dwayne Conway, James Cotton, Margaret McEntegart, Amedeo ChiribiriPedro Saramago, Anthony Gershlick, Ajay M Shah, Andrew L Clark, Mark C Petrie

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Abstract

BACKGROUND Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, as compared with optimal medical therapy (i.e., individually adjusted pharmacologic and device therapy for heart failure) alone, is unknown. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less, extensive coronary artery disease amenable to PCI, and demonstrable myocardial viability to a strategy of either PCI plus optimal medical therapy (PCI group) or optimal medical therapy alone (optimal-medical-therapy group). The primary composite outcome was death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure. Major secondary outcomes were left ventricular ejection fraction at 6 and 12 months and quality-of-life scores. RESULTS A total of 700 patients underwent randomization - 347 were assigned to the PCI group and 353 to the optimal-medical-therapy group. Over a median of 41 months, a primary-outcome event occurred in 129 patients (37.2%) in the PCI group and in 134 patients (38.0%) in the optimal-medical-therapy group (hazard ratio, 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.78 to 1.27; P = 0.96). The left ventricular ejection fraction was similar in the two groups at 6 months (mean difference, -1.6 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.7 to 0.5) and at 12 months (mean difference, 0.9 percentage points; 95% CI, -1.7 to 3.4). Quality-of-life scores at 6 and 12 months appeared to favor the PCI group, but the difference had diminished at 24 months. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction who received optimal medical therapy, revascularization by PCI did not result in a lower incidence of death from any cause or hospitalization for heart failure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1351-1360
Number of pages10
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume387
Issue number15
Early online date27 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 2022

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